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I just kinda think he's Ross Gload.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 06:31 PM) I understand why they are doing it, but I do hope all sports do something eventually to prevent this type of thing. Being horrible on purpose should not be rewarded. I agree, and it sucks for the players too. Robin Lopez doesn't get to play basketball forever. He is clearly the best center on the team, plays his ass off every night, and this is the pinnacle of everything he's worked for (playing in NBA). But the team, which has no body-aging constraints, basically just wants to sim the rest of the season, so he sits. It just sucks.

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Feb 21, 2018 -> 10:32 AM) My guess is that he’ll be bouncing between AAA and the majors...no idea why so many are high on Delmonico. Just not enough of a track record consistently hitting well to think that he’s a major league player in my opinion, and not sure his D is good enough to keep him as a bench player...hopefully he can prove me wrong and he sticks with the team but I’ll be surprised if he’s ever more than the 25th man on the roster. Just one of those things where it seems like our brains value a hot start higher than a hot finish.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 09:29 AM) Was this the sole study the recommendation has been based on? e: and is this for all age ranges or more specifically for 1-2 year olds? Yes! Sorry this is for keeping them rear facing after age 1, which is when they typically move from bassinet style to the more traditional carseat. http://retractionwatch.com/2017/12/15/savi...safety-results/

QUOTE (Jake @ Feb 21, 2018 -> 10:21 AM) I suspect this may be the amount of distance before the pitch begins to drop, relative to the hypothetical non-spinning ball used for other PitchFX metrics. If I'm right, then 10 inches of carry would mean it doesn't begin it's gravity-induced drop until about 10 inches later than a non-spinning ball thrown in a vacuum would. It may also mean simply that it would literally travel 10 inches further (if not caught by the catcher first) than that hypothetical non-spinning ball. In that case you'd interpret carry the same way you would when you talk about an outfielder whose throws carry. Right, because longer is better, there has to be some default that indicates when the ball should begin to drop. I thought maybe it was maybe where the ball is when the hitter can first identify position, but I think you are right.

QUOTE (Sarava @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 09:17 PM) Out of curiosity, is there a date where draft pick compensation no longer applies? Like opening day or May 1st, etc. ....? Pretty sure it’s after the draft when the protection is removed, big part of the season.

Just makes me love baseball. So many ways to succeed, especially in pitching. Farquhar telling Gio to drop 2 seamer, teams like pirates relied on it exclusively at one point.

Yeah posted this in the fangraphs thread. Maybe my favorite Sox article on pitching ever.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 05:32 PM) Where was Burger? Wasn’t in top 100

Bears had most $ committed to Guard in the league and were only getting average play. means that money has to count elsewhere, and not just buying crappy depth.

To hopefully help with this and not have it buried in a thread, I just created a new one with links outlining: http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=104763

Bears decline Sitton.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-qualifying-off...ned/c-259650658 Because the White Sox were neither a luxury tax penalized team, nor a revenue sharing team, the following would apply to any FAs the white sox sign that declined a qualifying offer: The 50 million compensation threshold affects the team that extended the qualifying offer and lost the player, not the signing team.

We are in a golden age of sox media. This piece by Fegan on Farquhar and Giolito taught me a lot, and focuses a lot on what works for Giolito. (subscriber only) https://www.theathletic.com/246514/2018/02/...-lucas-giolito/

I'm going to back out of this gain. One thing about our position player pipeline is aside from Robert (Moncada aside), few are plus defensive guys. A lot of "mlb bat, find a position" type players. Tim is hopefully a plus SS. I believe Moncada can become one. I would really like our 3b to also be shut down, and let our OF be whatever we need offensively. I hope we don't need to pay for offense until we know we need to.

QUOTE (Jenksy Cat @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 01:52 PM) Seems like if it's That's only for what the teams receive, the signing team gives up a 2nd.

Good for him.

In some ways I can seem him undervalued (would you rather Donaldson in age 33-38 seasons or Moustakas from 28-33?) and worth it, but gut is don't sign him. I'm with Y2Jimmy that this is more noise, and that nothing this offseason indicates we will sign him. That said, we seem to ask on every guy. We clearly have a number for Moustakas in which we would sign. Whether that number is offered in good faith that we would negotiate it upward? I don't know.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 11:45 AM) The other problem with this "solution" is that it only looks at school shootings. How many mass shootings have we had that have taken place at somewhere other than a school? Movie theaters, concerts, colleges (not sure if they are counted in school shootings), shopping malls, businesses ect... Are we just supposed to have armed security and metal detectors at every single place where a lot of people gather at the same time just in case someone decides to run in and start shooting people? We are what, 3.5 months removed from 500 people being shot in las vegas? "Maybe we'll consider regulating bump stocks, not banning, ehhh actually no, we'll just keep them as is."

You are missing the point that I have no idea why that is interesting or that I should care. Mitt Romney is pandering to the worst excesses of base voters? Couldn't have guessed.

I think people have come to grips with how bad the rotation could be, but I'm not sure I've reckoned with how bad the lineup could be.

No, i'd say "staaahp" the cynical worldview that elevates political motivations above all else. Pandering to Trump doesn't make him "smart" above all else, it makes him shameless. Romney was very passionate about how Trump was not just a bad candidate, but dangerous for the United States, and protecting the United States was important for Mitt. Now, Mitt is very proud to receive Trumps endorsement, because his aspirations are more important than the country. The framing that any move, no matter how shameless or horrible, is inherently good if it is to get votes is just so hacky. I don't care if Mitt Romney gets elected, he will be as terrible as Bob Corker or Paul Ryan or any other "respectable" Republican, he will be selfish. He will be useless.

He didn't have to run, or he could have run with integrity and faced losing. Remember how many Republicans in Utah were going to vote for Evan McMullin and how many actually did? Push comes to shove those voters aligned with trump would have voted for Romney over some devil worshipping democrat.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 09:35 AM) The Sox are still under the caps for July 2, 2018, so the fun will be limited. Yeah that's a typo, meant to say "isn't going to be too much fun"

QUOTE (Tony @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 09:20 AM) I think we are going to see a very up and down season from Giolito. He seemed to be built back up from scratch last season and showed some positive flashes. If he can build on that in 2018, that's a huge positive and I expect some bumps along the way and he settles into consistent mechanics. I actually believe him that the ball being different in MLB caused problems with his curve. And I'm hoping the offseason of him playing with the grips means he gets it back. As we saw in playoffs, pounding zone with a good curveball (not what he had last year) is super helpful. And of course I believe he has one in him.